Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Photographs - Softcover

The J. Paul Getty Museum holds a collection of over 100,000 rare and important photographs. It ranges from daguerreotypes to work by contemporary photographers such as Frederick Sommer and Manuel Alvarez Bravo. The 50 selections in this volume include Walker Evans's "Citizen in Downtown Havana", "The Whisper of the Muse" by Julia Margaret Cameron, and "Georgia O'Keefe: a Portrait" by Alfred Stieglitz, as well as photographs by Carleton Watkins, Andre Kerresz, Man Ray, Lisette Model and many others. Each image is described in detail by the curatorial staff of the Department of Photographs at the Getty Museum.